Clip for wire-rope ways



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A. S. HALLIDIE. CLIP POR' WIRE ROPBWAYS.

No. 357,664. Patented Feb. 15,', 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT CEEICE.

f ANDREW s. HALLIDIE, or sAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

CLIP FOR WIRE-ROPE WAYS.

SPECIFICATION forming part; of Letters Patent No. 357,664, datedFebruary 15, 1887. Application filed September 29, 1886. Serial No.214,853. (No model.)

`To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW S. HALLIDIE, of the city and county of SanFrancisco, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Clipsfor WireBope Vays; and I hereby declare the following to be afull,clear, and exact description of the saine. Y

My invention relates to a means for attaching the conveyer or carrier ofan endless-wirerope way to the traveling wire rope, the same beingemployed as an aerial ropeway.

It consists of a clip formed by inserting a short bar or shank withinthe rope in place of the central core, and a thin plate secured to saidbar and extending outward through the Space between two strands andre-enforced or strengthened, so that the bucket or conveyer may beattached to this plate and suspended from the rope.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a more complete explanationof my invention, Figurelis an endview showing a transverse section ofthe rope,with the core or shank and the connecting-plate. Fig. 2 is aplan of the rope cut off transversely in line with the center of thesuspendingplate, and showing one end of the bar which is inserted in therope and the plate extending therefrom. Fig. 3 shows an end view of thebucket, its suspending-arm, the rope, and the connecting link or plate.Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same.

This invention is designed to be used in connection with what are knownas aerial ropeways,77 andit is designed to take the place of the bandconnection or clamp which has hitherto been used to attach the hanger bywhich the bucket or carrier is supported tothe traveling rope.

In this invention, A' is the rope or cable, preferably made of wire, andin the present case shown as having six strands and a vcentral core. Bisa short bar or rod, made of about the same diameter as the centralcore, and having such a length that when it is placed within the ropethe strands will form a spiral extending partially around it from oneend to the other suliiciently to preventits being taken out between thestrands. C is a thin blade or shank which is. connected with the rod orbar B, projecting outward from it, and standing at such an angle withthe bar that itwill pass between any two strands of the rope, the angleof this plate being the same as the spiral formed bythe strands. Thisplate may be attached to the bar by welding; or it may be -fornied withit; or it may be formed in any suitable manner. It projects out to oneside,

as shown, having at its outer end the usual- Vbar B to be inserted inits place, the shank or blade C extending out between two strands of therope, which is afterward twisted into shape again, and as the positionof the blade or shank C corresponds with the spiral twist ofthe strandsof the rope, it will be manifest that it will pass out between thestrands without separating them to an injurious extent. At the same timethe length of the bar B is such that the spirals of the strands willpass diagonally around it to a greater or less eX- tent, and will thusprevent its slipping out between the strands. By this construction Iprovide a very secure and effective method of connectin g the bucket orcarrier with the rope.

I am aware that in cable railways it has been suggested to connect twocables by crossstops having their ends embedded within the strands ofthe cables, with the portions of the cross bars where they. enterbetween the strands widened and made thinner, and I do not broadly claimthis. As but one end of my clip is supported, it is necessary that it besupported in the strongest manner possible by the strands of the wirerope, and by forming the clip at its junction with the metal core on anangle corresponding to the twist of the strands I secure a clampingeffect upon the metal of the plate C in addition to the hold of thestrand upon the core B.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

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1. An arm or clip connected atone end with with a hanger or carriersupported from the other end, substantially as described.

2. A device for attaching a carrier or conveyer to an aerial travelingrope, consisting of an arm orplate having at one end a bar or shankwhich is nXed within the rope in place of the core7 and at the oppositeend a shaft at right angles with this bar, from which the earrierarmdepends, substantially as described.

3. A Cylindrical piece of metal inserted into the center of a wire ropeand in place of the core thereof, in combination with a thin plate ofmetal projecting from the bar at an angle corresponding to the twist ofthe strands of which the rope is composed, whereby the said 15 plate isclamped by the strands7 substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

ANDREW S. HALLIDIE.

`Witnesses:

LINCOLN SONNTAG, S. H. NoURsn.

